attention outside of St. Louis. Family and death A resident of Richmond Heights, Missouri, Trova died at age 82 on March 8, 2009, due to congestive heart failure. He had been married to Carla C. "Teddy" Rand, who came from the family that owned the International Shoe Company. As described by an art dealer who sold his works, Trova "never recovered from her death" in June 2008, "After she died, he just didn't last". He was survived by their three children. References External links www.etrova.org Ernest Trova list of Article Archives www.whiteflagprojects.org Laumeier Sculpture Park St Louis Walk of Fame 1927 births 2009 deaths People from St. Louis County, Missouri 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists Modern sculptors 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors Window dressers